Jamal Crawford

As tipoff approached, Orlando Magic coach Jacque Vaughn and center Nik Vucevic pooh-poohed the fact that their team had won three of its last four games. "We haven't done a thing yet," Vaughn said. Vaughn was right then. And he's still correct now. The Magic are making progress, but on Wednesday night, they received a harsh reminder of how far they are from being an elite team. Bedeviled by All-Star point guard Chris Paul and receiving precious little offense from their own starting point guard, Victor Oladipo, the Magic were clobbered by the Los Angeles Clippers 114-90. "They're a contender," power forward Channing Frye said. "We played...

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